CHRIS BOGIA
Bio
Chris Bogia received an MFA from Yale University and his BFA from New York University. He was a recipient of the Jackson Pollock - Lee Krasner Foundation Grant; a Queens Council for the Arts, New Works Grant; a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Community Engagement Grant, and the Tiffany Foundation Grant. He was also an artist in residence at the Queens Museum Studio Program from 2017 - 2018. Recent solo exhibitions include a public project with Art-in-Buildings, New York and two presentations at Mrs., Maspeth, NY, in 2019 and 2022. Group exhibitions include Hesse Flatow, The Public Art Fund and The New Museum, New York, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY; Primary, Miami, FL; RUSCHMAN, Chicago, IL; Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI; and Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA. The artist has also participated in NADA Miami, 2018 and 2020 as well as the Felix Art Fair, 2022 with Mrs., Maspeth, NY. Bogia is the co-founder of Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR), the world’s first LGBTQ artist residency and was FIAR’s acting director between 2011- 2020. He is currently an instructor of sculpture at New York University. The artist has been represented by Mrs. since 2020.
Exhibitions
Night in the Village, 2022
Anniversary, 2021
Under the Bonsai Tree, 2019
Dutch Masters, 2018
Fairs
Felix Art Fair, 2023
NADA Miami, 2020
Future Fair Online, 2020
ALAC, 2020
NADA Miami, 2018
News
8 Curators on LGBTQ+ Artists to Celebrate This Pride Month 2024
Artsy
Collectors Rob & Eric Thomas-Suwall Share Standout Lots from the 2024 Fire Island Artist Residency Benefit Auction
Arun Kakar, Artsy
Fire Island Artist Residency: Benefit Auction 2024
Gay City News
Here’s What to See at Upstate Art Weekend, From An Artist’s Installation of ‘Truck Nuts’ to Mendes Wood DM’s Upstate Debut
Vittoria Benzine, Artnet
Artist Chris Bogia’s Abstracted Floral Sculptures Are in Full Bloom at Hermès’s Beverly Hills Location
William Van Meter, Artnet
Chris Bogia’s Candle Sculpture Illuminates Fishers Island, New York
Annie Block, Interior Design Magazine
Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Julie Mehretu at the Whitney to Alteronce Gumby in Queens and Manhattan
Artnet News
The Sun, The City
125 Maiden Lane
Experiment in Optimism: A Review of The Sexy Brutale at Ruschman
Alan Pocaro, Newcity Art
The Sexy Brutale
RUSCHMAN
Time to Play
Art and Culture Center/Hollywood
Commission by the Public Art Fund
in partnership with LaGuardia Gateway Partners
LaGuardia Airport, Terminal B
Chris Bogia, Mrs.
Dawn Chan, Artforum
Under the Bonsai Tree: Chris Bogia's Solo Show @ Mrs. Gallery, NYC
Juxtapoz
Under the Bonsai Tree: work by Chris Bogia at Mrs. Gallery
Warwick McLeod, Arte Fuse
The Approval Matrix: Week of September 16, 2019
New York Magazine
21 Gallery Shows You Won’t Want to Miss in New York This Fall, From Amy Sherald’s Star Turn to a Historic Cuban Artist’s US Debut
Caroline Goldstein & Sarah Cascone, Artnet News